Black Knight

1) for glue; leave to dry, completely, maybe for over 24 hours. 'Sand' away using fine grades of 'wet & dry' paper. Its available in many grades. Depending on how bad the mess is start with 400 or 600, going to 800 then to 1200 [rough to smooth], Then if necessary use a bit of fine fillers [i like Squadron White] to patch up. then 'sand' again. Do this till you have a surface that is nice, then paint again, 2) other substances which will remove paints, some paints but not all. Househod disinfectant [eg Dettol], car brake fluid, caustic soda, methylated spirits or other alcohol [vodka!] cheap bathroom or kitchen surface cleaners. Always test on a bit of spare plastic as some cleaners will harm plastic. hth F

Maskol and similar will definately affect canopies which have been coated with Klear/Future [ask how I know...]. Klear is removed by the ammonia in the maskol, and some other rubber solutions, which contain ammonia as an agent to keep the rubber from setting.. It can also affect some acrylic paints, especially any which have not been given good time to fully cure. klear can be removed by any alcohol, such as methylated spirits, vodka.

Have you tried 'dipping'? Paint it overall blue - dip into whte paint to get the white, after that is dry dip into the blue to get the foward part covered.

The airframe code is very visible. The camo pattern is B scheme and the prop is a D.H. The wings look to be metal and according to my reference this airframe did receive metal wings conversion.

Then, does it not depend on if the OP is building it as RAF or USAAF? Were not RAF wells bare metal, with just the front wing spar sometimes in ZCG?

Hannants stocks sheets of decals for squadron code letters in the usual colours and sizes, and 8 inch black airframe numbers in the various letter types seen. The sheets are available for 1/72 and 1/48th kits.

Very nice job, For me: another nice one with local connections.

I like the Hobby Boss quick builds. They are fun and ....ummmmm....quick to build. Unless something is glaringly obvious to me that its not accurate I dont care. All models have some problems. I enjoy them for what they are, decent plastic kits that can be finished in one evening, or longer if one wants to 'detail' them.

So, tell me, please; what is the magic number?

In my set there is slight variation, but nowhere as much as in the Luftwaffe set. I would say if a standard Airfix pilot wont fit neither will one of these Revell ones. Have you thought of a Matchbox one?

As for the OP. As the others have said; thinner coats of paint. Also, stir your paint very thoroughly. And rub the paintwork down a bit between coats. For rubbing down you can use a bit of denim, or get a painters rub down pad drom a car accesory shop - its like a green pot scrubber. Wven a green pot scrubber can be used. Just rub the paint over lightly, to remove and gritty feel to it.

You'll find its usually kept next to the 'Black Watch' tartan spray.

I have a Gmn. Wildcat I could throw together.

Yup thats all the parts, and six of those are for the driver! ohhhhh, I feel an itch coming on, ....need a scratch............a bit of scratching to add a few details on this.

Now that is a an unexpected Navy subject!

Could I join in too please. I have several candidates, but will choose something closer to the start date.

If I dont have my MiG 21 built by the time this starts [very most likely] then I'd like to join in too....please. F

Funny you should say that.... My daughter's name is Kathleen, but she wants to be called Kitty for short F

JUST a bloke with the microphone ?!........ naw, your delivery must have been perfect Well done that man.

I'll start with this wee kit, just to get warmed up. This is the ancient looking box; which is really from about the early 1990s. A MiniCraft re-hash of the G&G cars. It still has the G&G name and copyright date of 1954 on the base of the 'chassis' A close up of the chosen model as depicted on the box; And the plastic; 1/32 scale. Its a left-hooker, I was going to convert over to rhd, but the kit has a depression in the left seat for the driver's bum! - Yup, really. Ah, it'll be no big job redoing the upholstery.

That Manx two of us.

to hi-jack your thread a wee bit - I use scalextric wheels on other 1/32 cars to customise them a bit. I'm currently doing an E-type Jaguar as a sports racer, and am making a VW Beetle [old type] into a convertible.

Try wheels from Scalextric. One can find a variety of styles, and a lot of second hand/used/new spares through ebay.

Invasion stripes......naw, thats OTT.......... OTT, and UTB too,

Its brilliant. It'll look fun in wrap-around camo. If it were mine I'd have WW1 type stripes on the rear tail surfaces, but in the more 'normal', ummm thingy, red leading instead of blue.